Isaac lantz



(No Model.)

1. LANTZ.

GATE,

No. 352,417. Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

WITNESSES a .dttorney UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

ISAAC LANTZ, OF LANE, KANSAS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATIONformingioart of Letters Patent No. 352,417, dated November 9, 1886.

Application filed August 7, 1886. Serial No. 210,286. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC LANTZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lane, in the county of Franklin and State of Kansas,

- have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-' tion of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved gate, showing it opened. Fig. 2 is a 1 similar view showing it closed; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the gate-post with its hooked bolts and bracket.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all the figures. 2c Myinvention has relation to that class of gates in which the gate-panel is supported in a bracket, in whichit slides, the bracket being pivoted to swing upon the gate-post, so that the panel may be swung with the bracket; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a gate, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings,the letterA indicates the hinge-post. B is the abutmentpost or latch-post, and 'O is the gate-panel,

which is of the usual construction, consisting of vertical bars D and horizontal rails E. The latch-bar of the panel is provided with an outwardly-projecting tongue or latch, F, which 5 may, as shown in the drawings, beformed by the continuation of one of the rails, and this tongue or latch enters a suitable mortise or slot, G, in the latch-post, holding the panel from swinging.

0 A long bail-shaped rod, H, is secured with its nntted bent ends through the upper rail of the gate-panel, one end passing through the rail near the latch end. The other end of the rod has a block, I, inserted between it and the 5 rail. The lower rail is provided with a similar bail-shaped shorter rod, J, and this lower rod rests in a hook-shaped bolt, K, secured in the corner of the hinge-post near the ground, while the upper rod is held by a similar hook- 5o shaped bolt, L, having its hooked end point ing downward, while thelower bolt has its hook pointing upward.

A bracket is formed by a rod bent to form two eyes, M and N, at the upper and lower extremity of its vertical portion 0, which eyes are hinged to the side of the hinge-post by means ot'staplesP P. An upwardly-inclined brace, Q. extends from the lower eye, having an eye, R, formed at its upper end, whilea horizontal portion, S, extends from thg upper I eye, and has an upwardly-opening hook, T, formed at its outer end, the outer portion of the rod passing through the eye formed at the end of the brace.

The upper horizontal rod rests and slides in .65 the hook of the bracket, and it will thus be seen that the gate may be opened by slidingit back, the rods sliding in the hook -shaped bolts and in the hook of the bracket, and after the lip or latch has been disengaged from its mortise the gate may be swung, the bracket swinging with its eyes turning in the staples and the gate-panel swinging with the bracket resting upon the same.

When the gate is to be hung in place, the upper hook-shaped bolt is turned with its hooked end upward, whereupon the lower horizontal rod of the panel is placed in the lower hook-shaped bolt and the upper rod in the hook at the outer end of the horizontal portion of the bracket,when the upper ho0kshaped bolt is turned with the end over the upper horizontal rod, holding the panel in. place. The bracket will prevent the panel from sagging, and the inner end of the upper horizontal rod resting in the downwardlypoiuting hook will cause an upward strain upon the gate-post, instead of a lateral strain, which the usual hinge will have upon the post, so that the post will not be as liable to sag as 0 a post having the panel hung in the usual manner by hinges.

The entire construction ofthe gate is simple and durable, and the gate and its hangings may bemanufactured at a comparatively small 5 expense, any mechanic capable of working in wood and metal being capable of constructing this gate, as well as of keeping it in repair.

The bracket being formed by one rod bent into the desired shape, needs no further work 5 as the horizontal rods, which only require to be screw-threaded in the ends,while the hookshaped bolts may be either bought or formed by bending a bolt. The entire gate may thus be constructed, without any more than common IO knowledge of mechanics and of tools, of materials which may either be bought in the desired shape, or be shaped with the use of the simplest tools.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim H and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, with a gate-panel having horizontal rods secured upon its upper and lower rail, said rods adapted to rest and slide 2'0 in suitable supports attached to the hinge-post,

of a rod bent to form eyes at the ends of its vertical portion, by which it is pivoted in sta-, ples upon the gate-post, and having an inclined brace extending from the lower eye,

25 formed with an eye at its end, and a horizon;

tal portion passing through the eye of the brace and formed with an upwardly-opening hook at its end, having the upper rod sliding in it, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

-2. The combination of a gate-panel having two horizontal rods secured at the upper and lower rail, at a distance from the same, hookshaped bolts at the upper and lower end of a corner of the hinge-post having the rods resting and sliding in them, and a bracket hinged to the gate-post by two eyes at the extremities ofits vertical portion,and having an upwardlyinclined brace having an eye at its upper end,

and a horizontal portion passed through the eye of the brace and formed with an upwardlyopeninghook having the upper rod resting in it, as and for the purpose shown and set forth. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC LANTZ. Witnesses:

H. B. AOKLEY, WM. R. (300K. 

